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You named your baby what?!? [GALLERY]

Reality celebrity star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West welcomed their first baby girl last Friday and while the world expected them to put a ‘K’ to her name, they surprised the world by naming her North West, and Nori for short.

“Nori” is a combination of Kim Noel Kardashian and Kanye Omari West’s middle names. On the other side of the world, Nori also means a type of seaweed used to wrap sushi.

Jokes aside, the news received criticisms from fans. One wrote:

I mean, there are a MILLION beautiful names in the entire world and they decided North? Please! Someone give both of them a slap on their faces. That’s not even original! Poor little baby girl.

What a dumb name.

North West is a direction, not a name.

After a quick search on the net, it seems like they’re not the only ones naming a baby after a brand. Here’s more :

1. Mercedes – Quentin Wilson, Top Gear presenter, named his daughters Mercedes and Mini. He lived up to the expectations of being a car presenter. Now daddy, where are the car keys?

2. Apple – Gwyneth Paltrow had an interview with Oprah in 2004 and explained why she named her daughter Apple. She said, “Right, well, um, basically it was because when we were first pregnant, her daddy said, if it’s, basically one day he just said if it’s a girl I think her name should be Apple. And I just, it sounded so sweet, and it conjures such a lovely picture for me, you know apples are so sweet and they’re wholesome, and it’s biblical and it’s just, they’re so, and I just thought it sounded so lovely and …” Maybe she was just inspired by Apple Inc?

3. IKEA – A Brit, Linda Dagless, named her fourth daughter after the furniture store in 2002. According to a BBC report, she was sitting on a couch and thinking of what to name her daughter when she noticed an Ikea advertisement. “I saw the name Ikea and thought it would make a nice name for my baby.” We’re just glad she didn’t come across a Marmite ad.

4. Nike – Nike, believe it or not, is a common name for boys. It originated from a Greek word which means “Victory”.

5. Lexus – American Joanne MacNeil had no idea what to name her third child until she spotted a Lexus SUV parked at the local McDonald’s.

6. Facebook – After the revolution in Egypt where social media played a crucial part in toppling then president Hosni Mubarak, an Egyptian family chose to name their child Facebook to express gratitude on the revolution victory.

7. Google – A Swedish search-engine marketer and Google fan showed how much he adored Google by naming his baby Oliver Google Kai. Google reportedly wished the baby a “long life and good health”.

8. ESPN – A couple in the US, as reported by AP, chose to name their son ESPN (pronounced Espen) after the sports network.